they were right here. >> reporter: paula broadwell was here with her husband to celebrate her 40th birthday in the foothills of the blue ridge mountains. >> i really wish i had seen theme because -- >> reporter: because there was no room in the famous inn. the inn fills up fast in the fall. the broad wells stayed a little ways down main street at the middleton inn. where a yellow lab stands guard. the broadwells arrived thursday and ate dinner in nearby sperryville at the thornton river grill. friday evening they had reservations at the inn at little washington. the broadwells seemed to be enjoying each other's company thursday and friday. they went on hikes and took a strenuous bike ride together. but then after the news about her affair with general petraeus broke friday night, the mood between them soured. and they left abruptly saturday morning. townspeople here take the news in stride just another mention of little washington in the news. >> they're not going to have fond memories of little washington are they? >> reporter: peggy fox, 9news now. >> the magazine first reported the story